Abstract: Seasonal and regional variations in characteristics of the Arctic low-level temperature inversion are examined using up to 12 years of twice-daily rawinsonde data from 31 inland and coastal sites of the Eurasian Arctic and ...

Abstract: Two new databases containing Arctic in situ meteorological soundings have been constructed and are now available for distribution to interested researchers. The Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive is a comprehensive ...

Abstract: The global climate during 1998 was affected by opposite extremes of the ENSO cycle, with one of the strongest Pacific warm episodes (El Niño) in the historical record continuing during January?early May and Pacific cold ...

Abstract: The global climate during 1999 was impacted by Pacific cold episode (La Niña) conditions throughout theyear, which resulted in regional precipitation and atmospheric circulation patterns across the Pacific Ocean and ...

Abstract: The global climate in 2000 was again influenced by the long?running Pacific cold episode (La Niña) that began in mid?1998. Consistent with past cold episodes, enhanced convection occurred across the climatologically ...